Thursday, 21 June 2007

Blokhed Twinz

Remember how much Afro Samurai sucked? No, really it sucked. We had a friend working on the video game planned to accompany the series, and they took homie's

Tuesday, 8 May 2007

Black Comics in Philly

It's no coincidence that we chose Dwayne McDuffie to be the face of Code Z for May. The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention opens later this

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

We Have Momentum

Momentum is defined as "mass in motion." Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an

Monday, 19 March 2007

Abstracting Humor

Comics--often called The Boondocks, the Sunday-paper funnies, anime, manga or, formally, sequential art--no longer merit a simple smirk or chuckle to escape reality, but is aggressively addressed it

Tuesday, 6 March 2007

Super Heroes

Ok, at first we thought maybe it was some new hi-tech window coating to keep the sun out and the ride fly, but no, turns out UVC stands

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

X Marks the Spot

We've noted two releases in the graphic novel arena in the past two weeks, though we're noting them for different reasons. First is Malcolm X, A Graphic Biography,

Wednesday, 29 November 2006

Afrobeat in Ink

While we peep the recently-published graphic biography of Malcolm X and SMH's current Africa Comics show, all while eagerly awaiting Aaron McGruder's return to The Boondocks, we can

Wednesday, 8 November 2006

Homecoming

We're glad to see that St. Louis's original gun toting bad boy is coming home. After nearly a century of growing folk legends and songs, the criminal minded

Tuesday, 26 September 2006

D.O.A.?

We knew that Boondocks cartoonist Aaron McGruder was taking a planned, 6-month leave-of-absence from the daily strip beginning last March. But we didn't know he would go all

Wednesday, 23 August 2006

Be-Leaguered

While we're on the subject of comics, we thought we'd mention illustrator Jamal Yasseem Igle's recent announcement that he'll be joining the teaching staff at the Art Student's

Tuesday, 22 August 2006

Comeback

Comics writer Brandon Easton has been on the downlow for a minute, but he's stepped back into the game with a new project that he's hoping will inject

Thursday, 17 August 2006

Elsewhere online

Nontsikelelo's Fashion Photography A fashion photographer whose subjects are galore in the ever-busy streets of Johannesburg, Nontsikelelo Veleko, known as “Lolo” amongst her friends and family members, has